Annual Jamaica slated for this weekend

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Church will the 2011 Jamaica Fall Festival starting at noon on Sunday, September 4. It will be hosted by the Roman Catholic Churches of Nolan County.

If you're looking for something fun to do in town this Labor Day weekend, an event sponsored by a group of local churches might be the ticket.
The Roman Catholic Churches of Nolan County will be hosting the 2011 Jamaica Fall Festival on Sunday, Sept. 4 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church beginning at noon until 9 p.m.
Live entertainment will be presented throughout the day with hour-long performances starting at 2:15 p.m. with local Mexican folk dancer Aida Pantoja. Grupo Silverio will take the stage at 3:30 p.m., with Prodigio following at 4:45 p.m.
Team Chip Tae Kwon Do will entertain the audience at 5:45 p.m., with Anjelique — a local who was recently nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 31st Annual Tejano Music Awards — rounding out the performances at 7 p.m.
The entire family can have fun as games, food and bingo can be enjoyed. Raffle prizes at the event will consist of ten prizes, with the First Prize being a shopping spree at Home Zone valued at $1,000. Other raffle prizes will be a 50-inch HD TV (2nd prize), a washer/dryer set (3rd prize), and a Canon Rebel digital camera (4th prize.)
The fifth raffle prize will be a $500 gift card (winner's choice), while the tenth prize will be a winner's choice gift card valued at $250. In between 5th and 10th place will be a laptop (6th prize), an iPad (7th prize), a Blu-Ray/DVD player (8th prize) and an A/C window unit (9th prize).